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Westward Expansion
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Cotton Gin Invented
The cotton gin is a device used to take the seeds out of cotton. It was created by Eli Whitney and can produce up to 50 pounds of cotton. -
XYZ Affair
Was a political episode involving a confrontation between the United States and the Republican France that led to an undeclared war called Quasi-War. -
Lousianna Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a deal made between France and the United States. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was passed by Congress and it authorized the president to negotiate with the southern native americans for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississipi River -
Adams-Onis Treaty
Known as the Transcontinental Treaty it was a treaty between the United States and Spain that ceded Florida to the United States and defined boundary between New Spain and the U.S -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was a effort to defuse the sectional rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri for admissison as a state which would permit slavery. -
Monroe Doctorine
Was a U.S foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent. -
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The Battle of the Alamo
A event lasting 13 days between Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Texians and the Tejanos trying to defend the Alamo. -
Texas Claims Independence
Was a formal decleration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. -
Texas annexed to U.S.
Texas was annexed into the United States and is the 28th state -
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Mexican American War
A war initiated by the Mexico and resulted in them losing and lost half of its national territory in the north -
Agreement of 49th Parallel
This agreement set the boundary between U.S and Canada. -
Treaty of Gudaloupe Hidalgo
This treaty added 525,000 square miles to the United States territory. -
California becomes a state of the U.S
California became the 31st state and entered the union slavery free -
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase was a agreement between the United States and Mexico where the U.S gave Mexico 10 million dollars for 29,670 square mile of land that later became New Mexico and Arizona -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
An act to allow the people to decide whether or not they will allow slavery in their borders.
